Where to start programming?

A lot of people wonder where they should start to learn how to program. I will say that learning to program takes time and patience, Also it is not for ever one. But speaking from my own experince I love it, I mean I am someone who loves to learn things and I can say that programming is one of the things that you can never learn to much of. So where should you start?

Well if you really wanting to become a programmer I would say first see what you want to do, as in game development or soft ware development or even web page development. Once you have gotten what you want to do go get a book on it and start to read and follow around with the language of your choice. Alot can be learned on your own but it takes time and practice just like everything else. Also going to collage and stuyding in the field that you want to be would not hurt either.

I think this is a good starting place to learn how to program is with a language called small basic. Here is a small description of it.

Small Basic is a project that’s aimed at bringing “fun” back to programming. By providing a small and easy to learn programming language in a friendly and inviting development environment, Small Basic makes programming a breeze. Ideal for kids and adults alike, Small Basic helps beginners take the first step into the wonderful world of programming.
Small Basic derives its inspiration from the original BASIC programming language, and is based on the Microsoft .NET platform. It is really small with just 15 keywords and uses minimal concepts to keep the barrier to entry as low as possible.
The Small Basic development environment is simple, yet provides powerful modern environment features like Intellisense™ and instant context sensitive help.
Small Basic allows third-party libraries to be plugged in with ease, making it possible for the community to extend the experience in fun and interesting ways.

If you would like to download or check out the small basic website here is the link Small Basic

So I have been using it for about a couple of months now just to see what it can do, and I am happy with it if you just getting in to programming it is a fun little language to get in to. But dont think you will make a game engine out of this language there or better languages to do that with.

Advertisements

Like this:

LikeLoading...

Related

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at 4:25 am and is filed under Main. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.